136
136
Sep 16, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 136
favorite 0
quote 0
and really, how far behind is mitt romney? >> well, i think that all depends on mitt romney. this is tied to the convention, prior to the start of the democratic convention, mitt romney had basically fought president obama to a draw in the polls and now, it looks as though the president has anywhere from a 4 to 6 point lead in national polls and it seems that he did that by, at the conventions, drilling in on the things that voters matter and care about most, the economy, he managed to make the argument that mitt romney should not be trusted with the economy and that -- to reassure votesers that he can, and you see that in the polls in terms of people's views of their ability to handle the economy and this is mitt romney's challenge going forward. can he go out there and make people regain the trust that he can regain the economy. >> paul: the polls show after mitt romney picked ryan, the gap closed from 3, 4, 5, maybe more, right to even after the conventionings, opened right back up to where it was. >> and not just nationally, but in some key state polls, wall street journa
and really, how far behind is mitt romney? >> well, i think that all depends on mitt romney. this is tied to the convention, prior to the start of the democratic convention, mitt romney had basically fought president obama to a draw in the polls and now, it looks as though the president has anywhere from a 4 to 6 point lead in national polls and it seems that he did that by, at the conventions, drilling in on the things that voters matter and care about most, the economy, he managed to...
203
203
Sep 30, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 203
favorite 0
quote 0
that is what romney talks about. when sigh him do that, i feel pretty good about because i think he is on the right path. you may not hear it through the mega phone of national media and he should do it more. >> paul: i paid attention to your race in 2010. you ran against a candidate ted strickland very much like the president is, tried to associate with you wall street and big banks. you beat him. how can mitt romney beat a campaign like that in ohio? >> he's got to be here paul. he was in high hometown not long ago. he had an overflow crowd that was amazing. i've been around a lot of national campaigns. when you are out with him. you see the enthusiasm. look the most important thing for candidate running for president is to get people to understand that he understands their problems or she understands their problems and knows how to fix them. jim roads the fourth term governor of ohio, all that matters in ohio is the size of this wallet. sf it's getting fatter, they will do well. if it is small are, they will not d
that is what romney talks about. when sigh him do that, i feel pretty good about because i think he is on the right path. you may not hear it through the mega phone of national media and he should do it more. >> paul: i paid attention to your race in 2010. you ran against a candidate ted strickland very much like the president is, tried to associate with you wall street and big banks. you beat him. how can mitt romney beat a campaign like that in ohio? >> he's got to be here paul....
130
130
Sep 16, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 130
favorite 0
quote 0
instead it's mitt romney's problem. >> reporter: just before romney faced the press to take questions reporters could be heard conferring with each other. >> i would say regret to your question, i mean your statement not even the tone. >> media watchers including john stossel conversations like that one are note necessarily rare. >> they have a limited time with the president or candidate and they want to get an answer to that question so they do a little coordination. >> reporter: in the end rather than being pressed for details. he elected not to cancel a fund-raiser in las vegas, the president in a sit down interview was given a chance to criticize romney. >> it couldn't play better for the president. he is the president. he is the one whose policies that are under question right now. much of the heat is being taken off of him. >> some of the questions that romney took from reporters were about his statement rather than the events in libya and egypt. after the president gave his statement, he took no questions. >> jon: shannon raises a number of questions about the events of the we
instead it's mitt romney's problem. >> reporter: just before romney faced the press to take questions reporters could be heard conferring with each other. >> i would say regret to your question, i mean your statement not even the tone. >> media watchers including john stossel conversations like that one are note necessarily rare. >> they have a limited time with the president or candidate and they want to get an answer to that question so they do a little coordination....
216
216
Sep 30, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 216
favorite 0
quote 0
going to see who is mitt romney. what kind of president he is going to be and what choices. that is what matters, i know what president obama has done, i know ail the empty promises and i know about the ugly stagnant economy. what is romney and paul ryan is offering. if we get that out of wednesday, the country will understand what the choices are. >> eric: good morning. 72 hours before the debate and mr. ryan laid it all out. >> chris: i suspect he didn't give all the secrets away but he says romney has to make eight choice. it would seem obvious but up until now the komz campaign has been talking about a referendum on obama, it's all about obama's record and they have to show that romney is a credible alternative. now, they are saying, no. it's a choice between obama's record and plan for the future which they say are stagnation for the economy and dependency by more and more people versus romney's plan for opportunity and growth. they clearly decided it has to be contrasting visions why obama is wrong and they cla
going to see who is mitt romney. what kind of president he is going to be and what choices. that is what matters, i know what president obama has done, i know ail the empty promises and i know about the ugly stagnant economy. what is romney and paul ryan is offering. if we get that out of wednesday, the country will understand what the choices are. >> eric: good morning. 72 hours before the debate and mr. ryan laid it all out. >> chris: i suspect he didn't give all the secrets away...
201
201
Sep 17, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 201
favorite 0
quote 0
playing more to the romney's strengths and the candidate's strengths is a direction the romney campaign would be smart to go in. jon: the president's campaign talks a lot about the plans for the stronger middle class but this is the middle class that has been suffering under four years of the bum administration. >> this is why you're seeing sew this argument from so many republicans saying if the party can't win in this environment something is wrong. this environment is a stark one when you look at the numbers about. president carter lost in 1980 the unemployment rate was 7.5%. we're above 8% right now. all the economic indicators are not good for the white house. and i think that's sort of behind the strategy shift right now. the romney campaign realizes they have to shift the ground and they have got to start doing it now and lay the ground for these debates coming up in october which i think will be tremendously crucial to which way this race goes in november. jon: 50 days, just over seven weeks until we decide. shane deapril from campaigns and elections magazine. >> thanks, jon. ja
playing more to the romney's strengths and the candidate's strengths is a direction the romney campaign would be smart to go in. jon: the president's campaign talks a lot about the plans for the stronger middle class but this is the middle class that has been suffering under four years of the bum administration. >> this is why you're seeing sew this argument from so many republicans saying if the party can't win in this environment something is wrong. this environment is a stark one when...
116
116
Sep 15, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 116
favorite 0
quote 0
it gave romney a 7 point edge. on tax policy president leads romney 48 to 45. and on that month. 44-40%. so, dan, you mentioned the tax reform debate and the president's attacks on romney's tax plan. we've got to add that the obama campaign is releasing this week, let's look at it. >> and won't reveal what's in his taxes and he won't tell you what he'd do to yours. to pay for huge new tax breaks for millionaires like him, romney would have to raise taxes on the middle class, $2,000 for a family with children says a nonpartisan report. you could lose the deduction for your home mortgage, college tuition, health care, how much would you pay? romney just won't say. . >> paul: all right, dan, first of all, let's just say that the use of the wall street journal in that ad was not sanctioned by this newspaper and we don't want to be associated at all with this argument, which i fundamentally think is false. when we get to that. but what about this ad and what it does to the romney campaign? >> well, i think the -- what the obama campaign is doing is just completely s
it gave romney a 7 point edge. on tax policy president leads romney 48 to 45. and on that month. 44-40%. so, dan, you mentioned the tax reform debate and the president's attacks on romney's tax plan. we've got to add that the obama campaign is releasing this week, let's look at it. >> and won't reveal what's in his taxes and he won't tell you what he'd do to yours. to pay for huge new tax breaks for millionaires like him, romney would have to raise taxes on the middle class, $2,000 for a...
168
168
Sep 3, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 168
favorite 0
quote 0
governor romney has neither. moody say if we enacted the romney plan it would actually ratchet down the recovery in the short-term and would balloon our deficits in the long-term and h his plan according to the book brookings institute would actually raise the tax burden on the middle class by $2,000. this is not a prescription for building a stronger economy. >> chris: but david, again, i want to focus if we can on the president's plan. according to mark zandy the chief economist at moody's it would create 1.9 million jobs. according to a survey of of 24 economists by bloomberg it would create a quarter of that, 250,000 jobs, actually an 8th of that. that is about 100,000 jobs a month or less which is no where near even keeping up with the population growth. the point is that they are making is that this doesn't really solve the unemployment problem at all and i think you you would be hard pressed to find anybody that would say increasing taxes on the wealthy, it may be a good answer for the deficit but isn't go
governor romney has neither. moody say if we enacted the romney plan it would actually ratchet down the recovery in the short-term and would balloon our deficits in the long-term and h his plan according to the book brookings institute would actually raise the tax burden on the middle class by $2,000. this is not a prescription for building a stronger economy. >> chris: but david, again, i want to focus if we can on the president's plan. according to mark zandy the chief economist at...
108
108
Sep 13, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 108
favorite 0
quote 0
it's exactly what romney said. the bottom line is that the obama camp, the campaign and the white house and the media all condemned romney before they condemned the attacks. obama thought it more worthwhile to hit romney for what he was doing than the terrorists for what they d. romney got hit first. >> greta: back here, brit hume joins us. is rush limbaugh correct that the campaign went after governor romney before the terrorists? >> well, i do know this, greta, i think we have yet to hear in a public statement made for the general public, that is to say, the statements that obama has made in the rose garden and then later this evening in las vegas, anything about what happened in cairo. he did tell a telemundo interviewer, it was an open question whether the egyptian government was an ally or enemy of the u.s. he wasn't ready to say it was either and much may depend on their response to this. but that's about it. >> greta: wow. these are live pictures of wais going on in cairo, right now. 4:30 in the morning ther
it's exactly what romney said. the bottom line is that the obama camp, the campaign and the white house and the media all condemned romney before they condemned the attacks. obama thought it more worthwhile to hit romney for what he was doing than the terrorists for what they d. romney got hit first. >> greta: back here, brit hume joins us. is rush limbaugh correct that the campaign went after governor romney before the terrorists? >> well, i do know this, greta, i think we have yet...
141
141
Sep 3, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 141
favorite 0
quote 0
blue is romney. pinkish is lean romney. light blue is lean obama. yellow states are tossup states in the margin of error. this all based on polls within the last 30 days. okay, gentlemen. karl, what has changed? >> minor change to barack obama advantage. connecticut with seven electoral vote goes fm lean obama to solid obama but the good news ends there. two states, nevada with six and michigan with 16 shift from lean obama to tossup. we now have nine states with 122 electoral votes now tossup. this is the largest number of tossup states that we have had since we began tracking in april. largest number of electoral college votes as well. >> bret: of the change what is is most important, joe? >> those two mean suddenly there is a lot of different ways for mitt romney to make it. we have been talking for weeks about the 3-2-19 strategy. now you can lose a state like virginia, one of the three, indiana, north carolina and virginia that he has to win or we thought he had to win to have a shot. you can lose one of those states, because now so many states
blue is romney. pinkish is lean romney. light blue is lean obama. yellow states are tossup states in the margin of error. this all based on polls within the last 30 days. okay, gentlemen. karl, what has changed? >> minor change to barack obama advantage. connecticut with seven electoral vote goes fm lean obama to solid obama but the good news ends there. two states, nevada with six and michigan with 16 shift from lean obama to tossup. we now have nine states with 122 electoral votes now...
115
115
Sep 15, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 115
favorite 0
quote 0
bush came to romney's defense. here was this tweet from donald rumsfeld, the attack on our embassies and diplomates are a result of perceived american weakness, mitt romney is right to point that out. is anyone in the media saying that, monica. >> no, but this is exactly the point, mitt romney is running not just to be president, but to be commander-in-chief, so, he was perfectly within his rights to say what he said, being critical of the president's response, but the bigger point is that we do have a sitting commander-in-chief right now and this is about his policies, that in large part, not wholly, but large part led to this mess and instead, we have a press an elite press corps that's obsessed with two things, one, the horse race, so they always try to squeeze these things into a political narrative a lot of times when it doesn't exist or shouldn't exist, number two, in full protect obama mode and that's what you saw this week, what is going on in the middle east, what's happening in washington right now, under
bush came to romney's defense. here was this tweet from donald rumsfeld, the attack on our embassies and diplomates are a result of perceived american weakness, mitt romney is right to point that out. is anyone in the media saying that, monica. >> no, but this is exactly the point, mitt romney is running not just to be president, but to be commander-in-chief, so, he was perfectly within his rights to say what he said, being critical of the president's response, but the bigger point is...
131
131
Sep 30, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 131
favorite 0
quote 0
romney has to do well, no doubt about it. the debate falls into the media of romney has to perform and if he he doesn't it is an excuse for another round of in my mind disgustingly biased pieces against mitt romney. i believe bill is exactly right when barack obama was challenged in the univision interview and he was challenged very hard. obama looked uncomfortable when he is really confronted with facts and simply worded questions. i think if mitt romney reminds people we have really 11.7% unemployment and not 8.1% that america's best days ca cannot e behind her, they have to be in front of her. i think having a moment of real leadership and maturity and contrasting that with the president who seems more comfort with ellen or the late night hosts than he is talking to the families of these insider attacks. i think romney has to be mature and forceful. yet the idea that it is all in the debate i think that is a little too convenient for the media. >> chris: juan talk about it but also is because we keep forgetting about obama
romney has to do well, no doubt about it. the debate falls into the media of romney has to perform and if he he doesn't it is an excuse for another round of in my mind disgustingly biased pieces against mitt romney. i believe bill is exactly right when barack obama was challenged in the univision interview and he was challenged very hard. obama looked uncomfortable when he is really confronted with facts and simply worded questions. i think if mitt romney reminds people we have really 11.7%...
152
152
Sep 7, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 152
favorite 0
quote 0
more with carl from the romney camp. we know the numbers are crucial for this election, jobs in general. so far what is the romney camp's reaction? >> reporter: it is critical and comes as all things do in the wake of both conventions and they're making the argument that the president last night made promises that today's job numbers simply can't support. mr. romney is enroute to iowa where he has campaign events and back to a rally in nashua on the board of massachusetts. he wrote, quote, if last night was the party, this morning is the hangover. after 43 straight months of unemployment above 8%, mr. romney says, it is clear that president obama just hasn't lived up to his promises and his policies haven't worked. we are not better off than we were four years ago. that obviously a big part of the republican messaging during the republican national convention. timing couldn't be worse for president obama which means is hardly could be better for mitt romney. jenna: romney is out with big ads today. what about this ad buy
more with carl from the romney camp. we know the numbers are crucial for this election, jobs in general. so far what is the romney camp's reaction? >> reporter: it is critical and comes as all things do in the wake of both conventions and they're making the argument that the president last night made promises that today's job numbers simply can't support. mr. romney is enroute to iowa where he has campaign events and back to a rally in nashua on the board of massachusetts. he wrote,...
312
312
Sep 12, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 312
favorite 0
quote 1
romney reacted to that. the question is whether that was a cleanup effort by the romney campaign to come out and take questions about that, because they felt they needed to get ahead of it. martha: you know that remains to be seen politically i guess what their motivation was in the press conference whether it was to do some control over that issue or whether it was to present what governor romney would have done in a similar situation. that was the last question that was put to him as he was leaving this morning. you know, it's an interesting point and i believe it was raised at the convention and i can't remember whether it was by president obama or perhaps by vice president joe biden, that not one american life was lost in libya in the effort to end the dictatorship of muammar gadhafi, and indeed with the deaths of christopher stevens and shaun smith and two others, hillary clinton says they are still notifying the next of kin in those situations, that number changes a bit. >> it's a dangerous situation o
romney reacted to that. the question is whether that was a cleanup effort by the romney campaign to come out and take questions about that, because they felt they needed to get ahead of it. martha: you know that remains to be seen politically i guess what their motivation was in the press conference whether it was to do some control over that issue or whether it was to present what governor romney would have done in a similar situation. that was the last question that was put to him as he was...
76
76
Sep 24, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 76
favorite 0
quote 0
romney shouldance that question. if they go back to mindlessly reminding people guess what the economy is not great they will waste the next ten days. >> chris: we have to move on. the president will have the opportunity to explain all that to the ladies of "the view" is. >> exactly right. >> chris: we have to take a break. when we come back, president obama also had his troubles this week with antiamerican violence in the middle east and a changing story about what happened at >>> the natural protests that arose because of the outrage over the video were used as an excuse by extremists to see if they can also directly harm u.s. interests. >> they still are blaming the video. and they have a fundamental misunderstanding. they believe it was the video. it is not the video. >> chris: senator john mccain and president obama disagreering sharply over the attack that killed four americans in libya. we are back with the panel. slowly and grudgingly the obama administration finally acknowledged this week that it it was a te
romney shouldance that question. if they go back to mindlessly reminding people guess what the economy is not great they will waste the next ten days. >> chris: we have to move on. the president will have the opportunity to explain all that to the ladies of "the view" is. >> exactly right. >> chris: we have to take a break. when we come back, president obama also had his troubles this week with antiamerican violence in the middle east and a changing story about what...
118
118
Sep 1, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 118
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> is he not romney. is he an actor. >> whether you have this kind of distraction where is he making sex jokes about the president of the united states. there is no nobility there. >> laura: okay. >> tongue in cheek are brilliantly clever satire. it's nothing. just a guy going up vamping. i could go up and vamp for 12 minutes i could be funnier than that what it looked like was an 82-year-old man who lost his way. that's what it looked like. >> laura: i love you, geraldo, you could never have done what clint eastwood did last night neither could i. you could not have done that. >> his gun is bigger. >> laura: he is 82 years old he gave us a life lesson what he said last night. basic common sense. >> new verb. eastwooding now. it's like swift-boating. >> laura: enough said. same people who prop up the left wing hollywood celebrities never criticize everybody on the left is criticizing him. >> i wanted him to sign. >> they all shined. >> everybody was still murmuring about clint eastwood. >> here is a news
. >> is he not romney. is he an actor. >> whether you have this kind of distraction where is he making sex jokes about the president of the united states. there is no nobility there. >> laura: okay. >> tongue in cheek are brilliantly clever satire. it's nothing. just a guy going up vamping. i could go up and vamp for 12 minutes i could be funnier than that what it looked like was an 82-year-old man who lost his way. that's what it looked like. >> laura: i love you,...
126
126
Sep 23, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 126
favorite 0
quote 0
romney shouldance that question. if they go back to mindlessly reminding people guess what the economy is not great they will waste the next ten days. >> chris: we have to move on. the president will have the opportunity to explain all that to the ladies of "the view" is. >> exactly right. >> chris: we have to take a break. when we come back, president obama also had his troubles this week with antiamerican violence in the middle east and a changing story about what a changing story about what happened at in america today we're running out of a vital resource we need to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ >>> the natural prot
romney shouldance that question. if they go back to mindlessly reminding people guess what the economy is not great they will waste the next ten days. >> chris: we have to move on. the president will have the opportunity to explain all that to the ladies of "the view" is. >> exactly right. >> chris: we have to take a break. when we come back, president obama also had his troubles this week with antiamerican violence in the middle east and a changing story about what...
118
118
Sep 23, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 118
favorite 0
quote 0
romney shouldance that question. if they go back to mindlessly reminding people guess what the economy is not great they will waste the next ten days. >> chris: we have to move on. the president will have the opportunity to explain all that to the ladies of "the view" is. >> exactly right. >> chris: we have to take a break. when we come back, president obama also had his troubles this week with antiamerican violence in the middle east and a changing story about what happened at our consulate in libya. now we need a little bit more... a little bit more vanilla? this is great! [ male announcer ] at humana, we believe there's never been a better time to share your passions... because the results... are you having fun doing this? yeah. that's a very nice cake! [ male announcer ] well, you can't beat them. [ giggles ] ohh! you got something huh? whoa... [ male announcer ] humana understands the value of spending time together that's a lot of work getting that one in! let's go see the birdies. [ male announcer ] one on one
romney shouldance that question. if they go back to mindlessly reminding people guess what the economy is not great they will waste the next ten days. >> chris: we have to move on. the president will have the opportunity to explain all that to the ladies of "the view" is. >> exactly right. >> chris: we have to take a break. when we come back, president obama also had his troubles this week with antiamerican violence in the middle east and a changing story about what...
103
103
Sep 9, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 103
favorite 0
quote 0
mitt romney is asalesman. mitt, go out and sell your presidency. >> the other good thing coming out of this convention, the democrats obviously don't have any new material on bain. they brought up a few old examples of companies that were basically on their way to failing before bain capital bought them. not any new material here. i think if you think of the american people ready to fire obama, this was not a good week for obama in terms of making romney unacceptable. >> paul: and changed and-- well, sorry, we've got to go. we have to take one more break. when we come back, our hits and misses of the week. >> time now for hits and misses. week. >> this is a miss for the michigan supreme court, this week over the okays of governor rick snyder, put a union-promoted initiative on the november ballot that ostensibly enshrines the right to collective bargaining in the constitution. the problem with in is it's a broad and restricts the state to do anything any reform to rein in public sector costs and this is the la
mitt romney is asalesman. mitt, go out and sell your presidency. >> the other good thing coming out of this convention, the democrats obviously don't have any new material on bain. they brought up a few old examples of companies that were basically on their way to failing before bain capital bought them. not any new material here. i think if you think of the american people ready to fire obama, this was not a good week for obama in terms of making romney unacceptable. >> paul: and...
192
192
Sep 2, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 192
favorite 0
quote 0
romney has very small lead. but states, ohio, virginia, colorado and others, what would you say to convince voters who seem to be, this is narrowing gap at this point and may be coming off the convention that romney-ryan ticket has some momentum? >> it is going to be a competitive race. there is no question about it. i think people wanted to look at governor romney's record as governor. that is the only thing he has actually served as. we were both businessmen when we became governor. look at his record. you'll be able to tell yourself whether you want to increase debt and increase unemployment. that is what happened as governor of massachusetts. i don't think that is the direction of the country. >> shannon: what night are you going to speak. >> when are you going to speak? >> i can't even hear you right now. >> shannon: governor, thank you for your time. we appreciate your time, sir. >> we ask, you answered and boy, did you ever. your responses to our questions next. [ wife ] your dad's really giving him the b
romney has very small lead. but states, ohio, virginia, colorado and others, what would you say to convince voters who seem to be, this is narrowing gap at this point and may be coming off the convention that romney-ryan ticket has some momentum? >> it is going to be a competitive race. there is no question about it. i think people wanted to look at governor romney's record as governor. that is the only thing he has actually served as. we were both businessmen when we became governor....
148
148
Sep 25, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 148
favorite 0
quote 0
he blasted romney. he said he's coming to a state where there are a lot of members of the lds church. they understand he is not the face of mormonism. reid was repeating a quote in an opinion piece written by an author and mormon historian and romney supporter who turned against romney after the comment about the 47%. french wrote in the "huffington post" *. judge romney as you will and vote for and against him as you will. but do not judge mormonism on the basis of the mitt romney that was unveiled to the public this week. he is not the face of mormonism. hsh took it a step further saying he had sullied the religion he and prince share. other mormons have said mitt romney's campaign has been a positive influence. j.w. marriott of the marriott hotel chain said the campaign was wonderful. story after story talking about mitt romney's mormonism, the family who had a premature daughter who had premature complications. and the 14-year-old dying boy who befriended mitt romney and had mitt romney write his wi
he blasted romney. he said he's coming to a state where there are a lot of members of the lds church. they understand he is not the face of mormonism. reid was repeating a quote in an opinion piece written by an author and mormon historian and romney supporter who turned against romney after the comment about the 47%. french wrote in the "huffington post" *. judge romney as you will and vote for and against him as you will. but do not judge mormonism on the basis of the mitt romney...
119
119
Sep 24, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 119
favorite 0
quote 0
there is no belt for romney. we just had the discussion about romney's taxes. >>neil: is that the issue? >>guest: the idea that he is a rich guy and cares about that, he has done a lot to allow that to happen. not answering bain attacks. that image is in place. it is the image he has to counter. that he cares about ordinary people. all of this is being done to distract people from the news about the economy, keeping it off the economy, the democrats and the obama campaign want to keep the initiative. most of all this week, to keep it away from the issue that the mainstream press has decided to join the campaign on in the middle east. we have three campaigns on the field, obama, the romney, and the mainstream media campaign which is designed to promote obama as they are doing with the polls and any poll that shows its hand is trumped and whatever polls don't are not. what is more scary, for the last nine days they have decided to tell the american people who they may vote for and who they may not but to tell the american people what truth they may know and what
there is no belt for romney. we just had the discussion about romney's taxes. >>neil: is that the issue? >>guest: the idea that he is a rich guy and cares about that, he has done a lot to allow that to happen. not answering bain attacks. that image is in place. it is the image he has to counter. that he cares about ordinary people. all of this is being done to distract people from the news about the economy, keeping it off the economy, the democrats and the obama campaign want to...
115
115
Sep 26, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 115
favorite 0
quote 0
the fact of the matter is mitt romney's where? mitt romney's in ohio. mitt romney's in the michigan. why? because he knows he needs to win those states. if he were far ahead or was tied, i don't think he'd be spending as much time -- megyn: but barack obama's in ohio too. we were just talking to ed henry, he follows the president because he's our chief white house correspondent. he was saying barack obama's been with working like he's a challenger, not like the incumbent, and focused like a laser on ohio. both men are. they're not stupid, they realize ohio is really probably the linchpin to this election. >> absolutely correct. but look at mitt romney today. he's finally upped the ante. he's finally trying to take it to barack obama. you know, since the beginning of the campaign mitt romney has been reaching out to independents and reaching out only to them, hasn't been reaching out to his party. and today he began the process of reaching out to his party. but it does not help his base, the republican party, when they see him in new york, you know, reac
the fact of the matter is mitt romney's where? mitt romney's in ohio. mitt romney's in the michigan. why? because he knows he needs to win those states. if he were far ahead or was tied, i don't think he'd be spending as much time -- megyn: but barack obama's in ohio too. we were just talking to ed henry, he follows the president because he's our chief white house correspondent. he was saying barack obama's been with working like he's a challenger, not like the incumbent, and focused like a...
193
193
Sep 20, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 193
favorite 0
quote 0
kentucky went from lean romney to romney. there were 20 states in which there was some kind of movement. 14 of it towards obama. six states towards romney. we would expect that kind of movement in the aftermath of the democratic convention. again, 106 electoral votes up for grabs. president obama up three states. florida 49, 44. virginia 50, 43. if that's true, and that holds, then the governor loses, correct? >> you know,. we have got more polls than you can ever imagine. do you know how many national polls and daily tracking polls have been in the last 80 days? 83. if you imagine the national polls how many state polls we have h we have got to be careful about them. first of all be careful about reading too much into the polls. in mid september of 1980, ronald reagan was trailing jimmy carter 44 to 40 despite double digit inflation, double digit unemployment and double digit interest rates. by mid october reagan had dropped 1 point to 39 and carter had risen three points to 47. yet, as we all know it turned out a big blow o
kentucky went from lean romney to romney. there were 20 states in which there was some kind of movement. 14 of it towards obama. six states towards romney. we would expect that kind of movement in the aftermath of the democratic convention. again, 106 electoral votes up for grabs. president obama up three states. florida 49, 44. virginia 50, 43. if that's true, and that holds, then the governor loses, correct? >> you know,. we have got more polls than you can ever imagine. do you know how...
111
111
Sep 9, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 111
favorite 0
quote 0
romney's plan. he says he wants to cut $500 billion from the deficit by 2016 and balance the budget by 2020 but offer foss details and this fact he would actually increase defense spending by as much as $2 trillion over the ten years. and he would rescind the $716 billion in medicare cuts that the president gets in obama care. the question, mr. hubbard and this is also true about not detailing what tax deductions, what loopholes you are going to close. why not level with voters and say how you are going to achieve these very admirable goals? >> i think duff romney has a two part budget plan that levels with voters far more so than any candidate in my lifetime. the first is to bring government spending down to 20% of gdp. >> chris: but he doesn't say how he will do it, sir? >> block granting the medicaid row gram which is hardly a nonbold claim. on the tax side, fundamental tax reform and a healthier economy will produce a revenue share of gdp long in the range. longer term it is about entitlements.
romney's plan. he says he wants to cut $500 billion from the deficit by 2016 and balance the budget by 2020 but offer foss details and this fact he would actually increase defense spending by as much as $2 trillion over the ten years. and he would rescind the $716 billion in medicare cuts that the president gets in obama care. the question, mr. hubbard and this is also true about not detailing what tax deductions, what loopholes you are going to close. why not level with voters and say how you...
106
106
Sep 1, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 106
favorite 0
quote 0
mitt romney's big night. the g.o.p.'s nominee makes his case to the american people and gives us a glimpse of the campaign to come. plus, from paul ryan to marco rubio, to condoleezza rice, the other big moments from the rnc. and as president obama gets set to make his case for four more years, our panel previews next week's democratic convention in charlotte. ♪ president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. and to heal the planet. my promise is to help you and your family. (cheer (cheers) >> welcome to the journal editorial report. i'm paul gigot. republican presidential nominee mitt romney bringing down the house with that line in tampa thursday night. there's no question it was the most important speech of his career, how did he do and what did it tell about the campaign to come. let's welcome the wall street journal columnist, dan henninger, dorothy rabinowitz, kim strassel. dan one of the main goals of the convention to improve the image of mitt romney with independent voters, undecided voters.
mitt romney's big night. the g.o.p.'s nominee makes his case to the american people and gives us a glimpse of the campaign to come. plus, from paul ryan to marco rubio, to condoleezza rice, the other big moments from the rnc. and as president obama gets set to make his case for four more years, our panel previews next week's democratic convention in charlotte. ♪ president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. and to heal the planet. my promise is to help you and your family....
127
127
Sep 9, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 127
favorite 0
quote 0
in a way that mitt romney has not quite been able to sort of figure out and i would argue that mitt romney shouldn't even try to be likable. he should try to be his geeky self and win over the trust of voters. they don't have to like him. they just have to trust him. >> jamie: trust, right. >> as long as he stops trying, it is when he tries and fails that everyone cringes and is like, you shouldn't... don't try to be chummy and don't try to be... >> jamie: thanks for covering both sides, you have covered a lot of ground and i can't wait to watch the first one, coming up here on fox. >> thanks. >> eric: the presidential debates will not be the only one, president obama and mitt romney focusing on debates but so, too, vice president joe biden and congressman paul ryan will face off in a few weeks and today, congressman ryan is getting his first full day of prep work, we are told, the g.o.p. vice presidential nominee meeting with aides in oregon during his west coast swing there. we are told he is looking through some of the topics and answers an counter points and all he'll need to go head-t
in a way that mitt romney has not quite been able to sort of figure out and i would argue that mitt romney shouldn't even try to be likable. he should try to be his geeky self and win over the trust of voters. they don't have to like him. they just have to trust him. >> jamie: trust, right. >> as long as he stops trying, it is when he tries and fails that everyone cringes and is like, you shouldn't... don't try to be chummy and don't try to be... >> jamie: thanks for covering...
94
94
Sep 8, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 94
favorite 0
quote 0
mitt romney is a salesman. mitt, go out and sell your presidency. >> the other good thing coming out of this convention, the democrats obviously don't have any new material on bain. they brought up a few old examples of companies that were basically on their way to failing before bain capital bought them. not any new material here. i think if you think of the american people ready to fire obama, this was not a good week for obama in terms of making romney unacceptable. >> paul: and changed and-- well, sorry, we've got to go. we have to take one more break. when we come back, our hits and misses of the week. the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone, but her... likes 50% more cash. but, i have an idea. do you want a princess dress? yes how about some cupcakes? yes lollipop? yes! do you want an etch a sketch? yes! do you want 50% more cash? no you got talent. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. with a 50% annual cash bonus it's the card for people who like more
mitt romney is a salesman. mitt, go out and sell your presidency. >> the other good thing coming out of this convention, the democrats obviously don't have any new material on bain. they brought up a few old examples of companies that were basically on their way to failing before bain capital bought them. not any new material here. i think if you think of the american people ready to fire obama, this was not a good week for obama in terms of making romney unacceptable. >> paul: and...
156
156
Sep 27, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 156
favorite 0
quote 0
high for mitt romney tonight. a new fox news poll showing president obama with a five-point lead nationally. 48-43%. unchanged from earlier in month and within the margin of error but a significant shift from before the convention. >> 136,000 jobs will be lost in virginia. >> if f the candidate is getting anxious, you wouldn't know it. as he hammered president obama as defense cut in looming sequestration of the american legion post. >> it's still a troubled and dangerous world. the idea of cutting our military commitment by a trillion dollars over this decade is unthinkable. and de stating. when i become -- steve dating anpresident wewill stop it. i won't cut money to the military. >> he picked support of medal of honor recipients tonight. last night in ohio, impromptu photo op, when a chartered sightseeing plane pulled up next to his. obama campaign tried to drive a wedge between romney and the reliable constituency today. i have a cuing him of threatening veteran benefit with the planned spending cut. romney th
high for mitt romney tonight. a new fox news poll showing president obama with a five-point lead nationally. 48-43%. unchanged from earlier in month and within the margin of error but a significant shift from before the convention. >> 136,000 jobs will be lost in virginia. >> if f the candidate is getting anxious, you wouldn't know it. as he hammered president obama as defense cut in looming sequestration of the american legion post. >> it's still a troubled and dangerous...
134
134
Sep 1, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 134
favorite 0
quote 0
romney has had some serious health challenges over the years. mitt romney has stood by her. i think most people have a sense they have a strong marriage. good parents, great family. so while these confirm these are decent human people, i don't know that that's the problem mitt romney has. what they don't prove -- >> arthel: what's his problem, do you think? >> well, i think he's got two problems. the first one is i don't think people are certain that he knows what it's like to wake up in the morning every morning with that knot in your stomach because you made promises to your kids that you just can't keep 'cause you're in financial trouble. in other words, i don't know that he's made the connection with the middle class on economic issues. not as a human beings but on the economy. >> arthel: the economy is important, but people were, some of the governor romney's nay sayers, if you will, they were saying that he can't connect. but it is those personal stories help you realize that he is a human person. doesn't make him have a cold heart. let me play this part. this woman kn
romney has had some serious health challenges over the years. mitt romney has stood by her. i think most people have a sense they have a strong marriage. good parents, great family. so while these confirm these are decent human people, i don't know that that's the problem mitt romney has. what they don't prove -- >> arthel: what's his problem, do you think? >> well, i think he's got two problems. the first one is i don't think people are certain that he knows what it's like to wake...
192
192
Sep 26, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 192
favorite 0
quote 0
mitt romney up early in westerville, ohio. that is the key state of ohio right in the center part of the state near columbus, ohio, the capital city. mitt romney hitting the president on debt and deficit spending moments ago. >> do we want four more years where every single year the take-home pay goes down? >> no!. >> do we want four more years of trillion dollar deficits? >> know. >> i don't believe we can afford four more years like the last four years and the reason i believe after the debates and after the cam panes and after all the ads are over, the people of ohio are going to say loud and clear on november 6th, we can't afford four more years. we must do better. [cheers and applause] bill: you can watch this speech. it steams life on foxnews.com as the rally continues there in westerville, ohio. martha: fire and protests in the streets of europe. listen to some of this. [shouting]. those are the scenes with riot police out in force in the streets of the city of madrid. clashing with hooded protesters there. tens of thou
mitt romney up early in westerville, ohio. that is the key state of ohio right in the center part of the state near columbus, ohio, the capital city. mitt romney hitting the president on debt and deficit spending moments ago. >> do we want four more years where every single year the take-home pay goes down? >> no!. >> do we want four more years of trillion dollar deficits? >> know. >> i don't believe we can afford four more years like the last four years and the...
148
148
Sep 13, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 148
favorite 0
quote 0
romney called the u.s. response to the attacks in middle east disgraceful and say it appeared to sympathize with those weighing the attack. i came in form of an embassy statement which secretary of state hillary clinton rejected and senior officials officials say the white house never approved. despite the distance the administration wants between it and the embassy statement only romney is taking heat for criticizing it. >> the statement looks crass and tone deaf in light of this day. >> they called romney's statement unwise, inaccurate and unpresidential. >> the president policies in the middle east should be the big story now. how are the president's policies affecting what is happening over there. instead it's become mitt romney problem. >> just before romney faced the press to make statement about the tragedy in libya and take question, reporters could be heard conferring with each other. >> i'd say do you regret your statement? then he can go off on -- >> if he does a -- >> media watchers including fo
romney called the u.s. response to the attacks in middle east disgraceful and say it appeared to sympathize with those weighing the attack. i came in form of an embassy statement which secretary of state hillary clinton rejected and senior officials officials say the white house never approved. despite the distance the administration wants between it and the embassy statement only romney is taking heat for criticizing it. >> the statement looks crass and tone deaf in light of this day....
193
193
Sep 2, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 193
favorite 0
quote 0
ohio, obama, 46.6, romney, 45.2. virginia, obama, 47.3, romney, 46.7. they are all within the margin of error, ed? >> every, single one of these states is competitive and every, single one of those states are winnable for romney. he has to win them all, obviously, but, at the end of the day, what traditionally happens, the president's numbers, incumbent's number is pretty much what he gets and i expect the president to get around the 46, 47 showing up there, which gives us the opportunity to go over that number, and win those states. >> bill: let's talk about a bump, off the convention, now, it can be debated many different ways over time, as to whether or not there is a significant bump and whether it matters or not and whether or not the convention, so closely timed with -- conventions closely timed with one another cancel each other out. rasmussen says romney got a 5-point bump off the convention, now up 3 in the snapshot, 47-44 and that is a three-day rolling average which means all the polling since tampa is not complete. three points, does it stay
ohio, obama, 46.6, romney, 45.2. virginia, obama, 47.3, romney, 46.7. they are all within the margin of error, ed? >> every, single one of these states is competitive and every, single one of those states are winnable for romney. he has to win them all, obviously, but, at the end of the day, what traditionally happens, the president's numbers, incumbent's number is pretty much what he gets and i expect the president to get around the 46, 47 showing up there, which gives us the opportunity...
169
169
Sep 17, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 169
favorite 0
quote 0
, between the romney and lean romney states. and eight tossup states with 106 electoral college votes. the immediate aftermath of the democratic convention shows 14 state showed movement toward obama. six states showed movement toward romney. but nonetheless, the immediate aftermath of the democratic convention, democrat bounce. we saw it in these polls. >> bret: joe, the significance there? here in iowa, they are spending a lot t oftime, both come pains. joe biden here today, paul ryan here today. iowa is a tossup state. >> iowa is gaining importance, bret. one reason is that the math, the electoral map is starting to shrink. with michigan and pennsylvania, i think sort of both campaigns are pulling out a lot of the tv money to move it to other states. those states moving to obama column. the next state i think that is moving is north carolina. which is starting to lean to romney. even with that bounce that karl talked about. that makes me put that sort of in a lean romney situation. if you have most free states doing that, it
, between the romney and lean romney states. and eight tossup states with 106 electoral college votes. the immediate aftermath of the democratic convention shows 14 state showed movement toward obama. six states showed movement toward romney. but nonetheless, the immediate aftermath of the democratic convention, democrat bounce. we saw it in these polls. >> bret: joe, the significance there? here in iowa, they are spending a lot t oftime, both come pains. joe biden here today, paul ryan...
127
127
Sep 16, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 127
favorite 0
quote 0
it gave romney a 7 point edge. on tax policy president leads romney 48 to 45. and on that month. 44-40%. so, dan, you mentioned the tax reform debate and the president's attacks on romney's tax plan. we've got to add that the obama campaign is releasing this week, let's look at it. >> and won't reveal what's in his taxes and he won't tell you what he'd do to yours. to pay for huge new tax breaks for millionaires like him, romney would have to raise taxes on the middle class, $2,000 for a family with children says a nonpartisan report. you could lose the deduction for your home mortgage, college tuition, health care, how much would you pay? romney just won't say. . >> paul: all right, dan, first of all, let's just say that the use of the wall street journal in that ad was not sanctioned by this newspaper and we don't want to be associated at all with this argument, which i fundamentally think is false. when we get to that. but what about this ad and what it does to the romney campaign? >> well, i think the -- what the obama campaign is doing is just completely s
it gave romney a 7 point edge. on tax policy president leads romney 48 to 45. and on that month. 44-40%. so, dan, you mentioned the tax reform debate and the president's attacks on romney's tax plan. we've got to add that the obama campaign is releasing this week, let's look at it. >> and won't reveal what's in his taxes and he won't tell you what he'd do to yours. to pay for huge new tax breaks for millionaires like him, romney would have to raise taxes on the middle class, $2,000 for a...
187
187
Sep 5, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 187
favorite 0
quote 0
mitt romney. the weakening economy has to be part of these numbers for the president. but you have to think that for this group, and you see among women, this sharp drop has something to do with the president's strategy of wiping out mitt romney and basically destroying him. megyn: you talked about this very issue not too long ago on this broadcast. in your view the president could not run under his own record because, you know, it's complicated for him. so he would need to make this about making mitt romney unacceptable. you said to me not long ago that that poses a problem for president obama because it forces him to go negative. the change and hope and promise message that got him into office, which he said could backfire among key constituents. is that what we are seeing? >> it could be. here is the deal. the president knew there would be a cost. of course there is a cost when you change all that. the hope was that they could do it fast enough and effectively enough that by this point, the pre
mitt romney. the weakening economy has to be part of these numbers for the president. but you have to think that for this group, and you see among women, this sharp drop has something to do with the president's strategy of wiping out mitt romney and basically destroying him. megyn: you talked about this very issue not too long ago on this broadcast. in your view the president could not run under his own record because, you know, it's complicated for him. so he would need to make this about...
105
105
Sep 24, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 105
favorite 0
quote 0
this went from lean romney to solid romney. new hampshire, the polls moved it from a lean obama to a tossup state. and interestingly enough, polls in new mexico and pennsylvania with a total of 25 electoral votes move states from obama to lean obama. these were offset by three changes that helped the obama. wisconsin moved from toss township lean obama. oregon moved from lean obama to obama. and arizona moved from romney to lean romney. this drops obama total of obama states to 196, plus he has 51 lean. romney has, grew slightly to 159 electoral votes in his column. plus 32 lean. it was a week of some change, not a lot. but generally compensating changes. >> bret: of those, the significance? >> the most significant is wisconsin moving to lean obama. it caution here, there is an outlier poll out there. a poll that shows obama leading in wisconsin by 14 points. that is skewing this. wisconsin is starting to lean. that is shrinking, shrinking the electoral map. the other surprise for me still is that north carolina remains on our
this went from lean romney to solid romney. new hampshire, the polls moved it from a lean obama to a tossup state. and interestingly enough, polls in new mexico and pennsylvania with a total of 25 electoral votes move states from obama to lean obama. these were offset by three changes that helped the obama. wisconsin moved from toss township lean obama. oregon moved from lean obama to obama. and arizona moved from romney to lean romney. this drops obama total of obama states to 196, plus he has...
227
227
Sep 4, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 227
favorite 0
quote 0
it is about mitt romney and mitt romney not being truthful what he did or did not participate in. now if it could be proven that he in fact did not participate and did in fact get out in '99 he is okay. wait a second. listen, i listened to the bain infomercial long enough. give me a second. the fact is when martha says it doesn't work, that advertising used against him moved romney not one iota, despite three months of heavy campaigning and so it did have impact on people and showing up in the polls. >> they're polling in a dead-heat bob. it didn't do anything. they overreached. >> that is the point, right. >> the murderer point big-time. >> you could argue about that ad. argue about a lot of ads. both these campaigns have run too negative ads. that is the not point the point it held romney down. there is poll out today, showing 52% of the people don't think obama should be reelected, however nowhere near 50% think that romney should be. and so we're back where we were. we're in a dead-heat race. comes down to three states. >> which isn't good for incumbent president, bonn. shows
it is about mitt romney and mitt romney not being truthful what he did or did not participate in. now if it could be proven that he in fact did not participate and did in fact get out in '99 he is okay. wait a second. listen, i listened to the bain infomercial long enough. give me a second. the fact is when martha says it doesn't work, that advertising used against him moved romney not one iota, despite three months of heavy campaigning and so it did have impact on people and showing up in the...
147
147
Sep 18, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 147
favorite 0
quote 0
megyn: fox news alert, we just learned that we are going to get more of this romney, of these romney remarks in roughly an hour, this tape that was made back in may surreptitiously at a fundraiser that he was having. a liberal magazine is releasing more of these recordings and his conversation with his supporters. now, it's been leaking out over the summer here and there in bits and pieces, and now this mother jones magazine is about to release the whole thing. among the topics that he touched on and the material already released, the conflict between the israelis and pal stints among other things -- palestinians among other things. listen here. megyn: democrats have also criticized governor romney for comments characterizing president obama's supporters as people who are dependent on government and, quote, victims who will never vote for governor romney. so do these videos hurt or possibly help governor romney? julie roginsky is a former political adviser to senator frank lautenberg, and lars larsen is with compass media networks. julie? >> i'm not dependent, i'm happy to say. i'm n
megyn: fox news alert, we just learned that we are going to get more of this romney, of these romney remarks in roughly an hour, this tape that was made back in may surreptitiously at a fundraiser that he was having. a liberal magazine is releasing more of these recordings and his conversation with his supporters. now, it's been leaking out over the summer here and there in bits and pieces, and now this mother jones magazine is about to release the whole thing. among the topics that he touched...
102
102
Sep 9, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 102
favorite 0
quote 0
mitt romney is a salesman. mitt, go out and sell your presidency. >> the other good thing coming out of this convention, the democrats obviously don't have any new material on bain. they brought up a few old examples of companies that were basically on their way to failing before bain capital bought them. not any new material here. i think if you think of the american people ready to fire obama, this was not a good week for obama in terms of making romney unacceptable. >> paul: and changed and-- well, sorry, we've got to go. we have to take one more break. when we come back, our hits and misses of the week. [ female announcer ] over the last ten years, your mouth has giggled, snuggled, bubbled ...and yellowed. because if you're not whitening, you're yellowing. crest whitestrips remove over ten years of stains and whiten 25 times better than a leading whitening toothpaste. crest 3d white whitestrips. and what they said is amazing. review 5-hour energy. over 73 percent who reviewed 5-hour energy said they would r
mitt romney is a salesman. mitt, go out and sell your presidency. >> the other good thing coming out of this convention, the democrats obviously don't have any new material on bain. they brought up a few old examples of companies that were basically on their way to failing before bain capital bought them. not any new material here. i think if you think of the american people ready to fire obama, this was not a good week for obama in terms of making romney unacceptable. >> paul: and...
125
125
Sep 27, 2012
09/12
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 125
favorite 0
quote 0
governor romney has only one chance. he must convince voters during the debates that if the president is is real e -- reelected. things are going to get much worse in america. can he do that? only god knows. top story tonight. let's bring in fox news analyst carl rove who joins us tonight from washington. let's take ohio and florida first. do you believe the polling today? >> no, i don't. and for a very good reason. let's take florida first. got the white board for you. little bit of context here. the biggest poll that we -- the most important thing about a poll is its partisan matrix. the division between republicans, democrats and independents. the biggest poll that we have to understand what the partisan matrix is about are the exit polls. in 2008, florida had three points more democrats than republicans. and in 2004, it had 4 points less democrats than republicans. more republicans than democrats voted in 2004. in 2 point damage to the democrats. the cbs "new york times" poll has 9 points more democrats than republic
governor romney has only one chance. he must convince voters during the debates that if the president is is real e -- reelected. things are going to get much worse in america. can he do that? only god knows. top story tonight. let's bring in fox news analyst carl rove who joins us tonight from washington. let's take ohio and florida first. do you believe the polling today? >> no, i don't. and for a very good reason. let's take florida first. got the white board for you. little bit of...